Hello guys :) So i apologize for the late update, i know I said I would try to update more regularly. So, first I gotta say, I've been reading Gale/Madge stories and i'm pretty hooked on that pairing even though I never saw anything between them before. I might write one about them, cuz I think it'll be interesting, but I promise I'll finish this one too.

IMPORTANT A/N: so yea in terms of this story, and where it is headed, I would like to know, do you guys want me to wrap it up soon with just a happy ending, or do you want to to continue it into Mockingjay? because I got some requests for me to continue and I have a plan as to how that will go. So please hit me up with what you want to see and as usual thank you guys all so much for reading and reviewing. Oh and while I'm at this I'm aiming for 50 reviews after chapter 10 okay?

I don't own anything, enjoy.

I was woken by the sound of canons, early in the morning when the sun has barely risen, well I can't really tell since the days have been getting shorter as we reach the ending of the games.

There were only two other people left, the girl from 1, Leena, and the boy from 2, Shine. From what I had seen from training, those two had been pretty close, perhaps even lovers during their short lived union. Had they been together when one of them died? Or worse, had they turned their backs on each other already? I secretly hoped that whoever the canon had just rung for had died because of triggering a gamemaker trap, or eating something poisonous. Even though I'm pretty sure that that's not the case. No matter how heartless the careers are and how determined they are to win, I want to believe that they cared about each other enough to at least make the effort to save the other, I wanted desperately to believe that humanity is still here in this cold dark world.

Gale who had been sitting beside our fire, slowly cooking up the last of the meat that we had been able to catch in his snares the previous day, walked over to me, snaking an arm around my waste. "One more," he whispered into my ears.

"Those two, they two careers that were left, they were friends, they were close, but now... odds are that one of them had killed the other." Tears flooded down my eyes as I cried for people I didn't even know. "How can they just do that?" I ask, "How can they have the heart to kill someone they love and care about?" My voice cracked and I struggled to hold back the sobs, I couldn't let the capitol see my weak side, not when I'm so close to winning.

"I don't know," he replied, his eyes glaring at me in a way I know he only does with me around, "I look at you and think that I would rather die than hurt you. But I guess that's how their minds work, brainwashed since they were little to do one thing only. Kill." If we were in the woods back in 12 he would have said way more, making threats on the things that he would do to the capitols when he gets the chance to; but Gale knows better, he bites his tongue.

I lean in to give him a kiss, he kisses me back but pulls away quickly. "Com'on Katniss, one more to go."

Just as we stood up, the forests behind us lit up with fire. Like the water from yesterday, it was meant to gather everyone closer, forcing them to fight to the death.

Nearly getting hit by a fireball, Gale ducks as his hands find mine, and pulls me away from the fire mutts.

We reach the cornucopia and quickly climb on top of it, seeing as it had helped me and Peeta in the previous games. I catch sight of Leena in the opposite direction of me and Gale had just came from. She looks startled and frantic, totally different from the controlled, confident girl I had seen earlier on. I wondered briefly if it had anything to do with Shine, but I let that thought go as I watched her steps get shorter, and eventually she stumbles. Gale had to grab me to prevent me from falling as by instinct I leaned forward towards her. I stared as the fire got to her, wrapping around her as she screams. I feel the need to help her, and I don't know why because she's the only thing standing in the way of Gale winning.

So I just sit there and close my eyes until I hear the canon sounds, and the moment it does the flames die down.

I deep breathe and clutch tighter onto the boy I love.

"We're the only two left, what are we going to do?" I don't try and stop my tears anymore, I don't care about anything other than the boy whose arms are wrapped tightly around me.

"Nothing, we're not going to do anything, see how long the gamekeepers last if we just stay here and try to survive." there's doubt in his voice, because it won't work, we both know it.

"They'll just send in mutts, let them hunt us down until one of us dies, maybe even the both of us."

"Then let them, I'll still do anything I can to protect you."

I don't know what triggered me but I wrapped my arms around his neck and kissed him. His face met mine half way and we kissed passionately, wrapped tightly against each other as our lips moved against each other.

We were kissing when we heard the waves crashing in, but we didn't care. If anything, we held on tighter, and kissed with more fire.

We didn't break apart when the water reached us, soaking our cloth, right to our skin. I shuddered at the cold, but it was dulled by Gales warmth. The water got higher, and we eventually broke apart.

I see the tears were falling out of Gale's eyes. It was the first time that I had seen them. In all the years that I had known him, he never cried; maybe it was part of the Hawthorne pride, maybe it was the wall he build for himself after the accident that took away both of our fathers.

The water kept rising, and we were both know struggling to swim upwards. We broke through the surface in synchronization and kept tredling.

I felt my arms get tired, and my legs began to move slower.

"Keep going Katniss, don't give up!"

I hear Gale's voice, but it felt distant. He tried to support me but I moved away, convinced that I will be able to make it.

We went on like that for what felt like hours, and just when I feel my body finally giving in to the pain and the numbness, I saw it.

I saw that flash of light, a dot that grew bigger with each second the passes. I thought I was hallucinating, but it was real.

It was a hovercraft, zooming down right towards us.

Okay, I think that's a good place to leave it. So again tell me where you want the story to go cuz it can go two ways from here. I hope you liked it, and I'm sorry for any mistakes cuz I kinda rushed this. But I really wanted to get the chapter out because I've had the idea but didn't have the time to type it up. Anyhow, please review and let me know what you think. :)

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